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Local Intranet hosted on inhouse server - migration to sharepoint online - maintain links
Hi there - Im in a situation where our in-house hosted (on IIS) intranet sharepoint wiki is a hub for information company wide. the site provides links to various network folders the employees access on our LAN system. a typical link would be something like this: file://<servername>/folder
This way when the employee selects that link it will bring them directly to that location in windows file explorer.
Now that we are migrating to sharepoint online - can i modify the links somehow so that they maintain the same functionality (opening the link in file explorer). Is this even possible? i dont think sharepoint online can open network folders directly from from a client machine due to security issues. but i need a definitive answer on this.
If it is possible - how would one go about making this happen?
any links to articles or insights would be appreciated
-John
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There is a https://microsoftteams.uservoice.com/forums/555103-public/suggestions/18630043-allow-hyperlinking-to-network-drive-locations where you can vote for this functionality. However, I strongly recommend that you migrate all your Office files to Microsoft Teams/SharePoint/OneDrive. It might be a major task but you should definitely do this both in terms of usability, user adoption, administration and security.
Regards, Magnus
